Lemmesee if I got this right .

The Democratic Nominee for President of the United States wants to go head to head with the Republican Choice for VICE-President Of the United States .

In a game of horse.

Granted , it may be more fun than the debates ,but does anybody else sense a kind of ..wrongness..here ?

Pretty good for a girl.

Sure, but can Oblabbo butcher a moose? I think not.

Palin-McCain '08

I nearly burst laughing. The Chosen One talking to the Short and Coiffed One about...basketball. Putin's puppet is invading his neighbors in a continued policy of revanchism; people are worried about the world's economy descending into recession, and we have...basketball?

There really is nothing to these people but their own flatulent airs.

She should challenge him to one-on-one, because horse is for pansies.

What does that say about Sarah Palin? That she's stupid enough to pound a broken ankle to bits for a GAME?
Is this the woman we might have to depend upon to lead the Free World, in whose hands could rest the future of America?
Even in the slow-learners class I bet you couldn't find anyone dim enough to destroy their own bodies for a game.
Maybe her coach was Svengali and she was Trilby.

I know what everybody is thinking out there right about now...but I am not....repeat not writing Anonymous Two's responses myself.

@anonymous two

"pound a broken ankle to bits..."?
"destroy their own bodies..."?

Did she look like she walked with a permanent limp when she walked on stage at the convention?

If your heroes are those who are too full of self interest and too empty of strength and resolve to push through adversity to achieve their goals, that is your own choice. Just don't try to elect such a spineless piece of crap as the leader of our country.

Oh, Lightbringer, that was wonderful!
"If your heroes are those who are too full of self interest and too empty of strength and resolve to push through adversity to achieve their goals. . ."
You have a point. I'm sure Obama never played on a broken ankle in a teenage basketball game.
Possibly because the score on a long-ago childhood basketball game doesn't really matter to anyone.
Instead he just pushed forward to become the first black candidate for President in the history of America.
And that would be small potatoes compared to who made a free throw basket in 1982, right?

come on anon.2, you first made it a disqualification for office, and now you say it is meaningless, which was the original point of this post. You are getting slaughtered around here today.

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McCain said today that he would include democrats in his cabinet, and not just one. He said he would look for intelligent people qualified for the job. Perhaps he is alluding to Obama, does he have a shot at being on McCain and Palin's team?

He wishes.

@ anon 2

"Instead he just pushed forward to become the first black candidate for President in the history of America."

Yes, this is indeed a worthy accomplishment. Nothing about it suggests that he sacrificed a thing for others over himself. Or are you suggesting that the fact that he has endured 19 months of airplane food and hotel rooms counts as an unselfish sacrifice for the good of all? Or maybe not being allowed to finish his waffle was equal to a fractured ankle?

It is quite common for people to make sacrifices and push themselves past their limits for their own profit and advancement. Rereading my post, I see that I neglected to mention that the goal Sarah pushed herself to achieve was helping her team. She didn't risk serious injury for her own glory, she refused to let her teammates down. Nothing I have read or heard about Obama suggests that he has ever done anything for anyone but himself. Ask his half brother if you don't believe me.

You are correct. This sports anecdote is pretty meaningless. It does indicate that she is the type of person to put others ahead of herself. If you have evidence that Obama is the same type of person, I'd love to hear it.

Lightbringer in Latin is "Lucifer."
Is that why you chose that name?

Re: "Lightbringer in Latin is "Lucifer".

Show me.

Here is a head start.

Lucifer does translate as bringer of light (Lux).

But doesn't necessarily mean one means to identify their self as the prince of darkness.

Walsingham- "Luci" does indeed mean "light". Whether or not Lucifer translates properly as "Lightbringer", it is a common English name/nickname for Lucifer.

anon 2- Actually Lucifer was the inspiration for my nick. Not because I worship the Devil though. I helped write a play some time ago involving Lucifer and Michael debating the "wisdom" and the consequences of Mankind having eaten from the tree of knowledge. My part was to write Lucifer's parts, and we decided to use one of his lesser nicknames instead of "Lucifer". "The Morning Star" just didn't roll off the tongue as readily as "Lightbringer".
In case anyone is curious, I argued that if Yahweh truly wanted Man to have free will to choose good or evil, then Mankind needed complete knowledge of both. "Michael", for his part, argued that bestowing such knowledge in full measure and all at once was much more harmful and counterproductive than teaching such things in small, controlled doses.

In any case, never fear Anon2, I'm not wearing black robes and sacrificing babies to Shaitan. Not all Christians are afraid of thinking about things from other perspectives, including the Devil's

Looks like I lose.

Twice.

Once on Lucifer and then on letting Anon2 get away with one of those quick changes of subject that she is always having to make when cornered.

These boys are right anon 2. Palin was simply playing through the pain. Many have done it, many nore will. I don't want a team mate that doesn't at least wan t to play through the pain. Hell, even Jimmy Carter let Billy stick around with his beer. If that ain't taking one for the team!!

@Walsingham

No worries. I learned to accept subject changes as liberal's way of saying "You Win." :P

Since teenagers don't have the ability yet to fully assess risks (that part of their brains not being totally developed until their mid-twenties) then we should of course blame her coach, who should have said, "I don't want my player on the floor with a broken ankle. No game is worth injuring a child I'm supposed to protect."
Instead he was probably cheering from the sidelines, "You can do it! You can do it!"

I'll cheer Keri Struggs of the 2004 olympics any day. A one-legged young adult sticking the dismount!! She CAN do it!! She CAN do it!! I like people who can overcaome pain to meet their goals (Adapt. Improvise. Overcome.)!! Just because a pre-college girl (Palin) has more juevos than you seem to, doesn't mean that you have to take away from her moment (however long ago it was).

But I digress.

"Just don't try to elect such a spineless piece of crap as the leader of our country."

I'm with you there, Lucy. He is spineless and we don't want another one like him in the White House.

Since teenagers don't have the ability yet to fully assess risks (that part of their brains not being totally developed until their mid-twenties) then we should of course blame her coach, who should have said, "I don't want my player on the floor with a broken ankle. No game is worth injuring a child I'm supposed to protect."
Instead he was probably cheering from the sidelines, "You can do it! You can do it!"

I think it is probable that common ground may not be reachable here.

I see here a gritty girl overcoming pain to help her team win a State Championship.

You see only a victim.

It matters not that if you were to ask Sarah Palin if she was 'victimzed' by her coach she would look at you like you had three heads.

All the more insidious! The poor girl doesn't even know she is a victim.